Searle (G D) & Company Ltd v Celltech Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 1982 |
| Date | 1982 |
| Year | 1982 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
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34 cases
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Alesco Risk Management Services Ltd v Bishopsgate Insurance Brokers Ltd
...recruitment of the Departing Employees. 341 Mr Burton seeks to qualify his duties in his Opening at [59] by relying on Searle v Celltech [1982] FSR 92 per Cumming Bruce LJ who said obiter that “there is nothing in the general law to prevent a number of employees in concert deciding to leave......
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Glencairn IP Holdings Ltd v Product Specialities Inc. (t/a Final Touch)
...confidential relationship and other confidential relationships is brought out by the judgment in G.D. Searle & Co. Ltd. v. Celltech Ltd. [1982] F.S.R. 92.) But, in the case where without any such previous relationship a party's solicitor illegitimately becomes possessed of confidential info......
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Shlosberg v Avonwick Holdings Ltd and Others
...in the case of this confidential relationship and other confidential relationships is brought out by the judgment in G.D. Searle & Co. Ltd. v. Celltech Ltd. [1982] F.S.R. 92.) But, in the case where without any such previous relationship a party's solicitor illegitimately becomes possessed ......
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Cook v Ministry of Sound Ltd
...the allegation is based on an alleged breach of a non-existent duty and he referred to G.D. Searle & Co. Ltd v. Celltech Ltd and Others [1982] FSR 92, at 99, 101, 102, per Cumming-Bruce LJ; Framlington Group plc and another v. Anderson and others [1995] 1 BCLC 475, at 497, 498, per Blackbu......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Employee Competition: Recent Cases
...to compete with them. For Mr Cook, it was argued (para 66) that such a duty was non-existent, reliance being placed on Searle v Celltech [1982] FSR 92; Framlington Group v Anderson [1995] 1 BCLC 475; Saatchi & Saatchi v Saatchi 13 Feb 1995, unrep; and Helmet v Tunnard For MSHK, it was s......
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Team Move - The Potential Liabilities of the Team Head
...of fidelity concerning "team move". The law related to "team move" has changed over the years. In GD Searle & Co Ltd v Celltech Ltd [1982] F.S.R. 92, Cummings Bruce L.J. commented that "In the absence of restrictive covenants, there is nothing in the general law to prevent a number of e......
2 books & journal articles
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REVISITING THE LAW OF CONFIDENCE IN SINGAPORE AND A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW TORT OF MISUSE OF PRIVATE INFORMATION
...v Holloway [1965] RPC 239 at 255, per Cross J. 318 See, eg, Merryweather v Moore [1892] 2 Ch 518; G D Searle & Co Ltd v Celltech Ltd [1982] FSR 92; and McKenna Breen Ltd v James [2002] 6 WLUK 190; 2002 WL 31422186. See also Cream Holdings Ltd v Banerjee [2005] 1 AC 253 and Caterpillar Logis......
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Intellectual Property Law
...of Appeal in Tang Siew Choy v Certact Pte Ltd referred to the following words of Cumming-Bruce LJ in G D Searle & Co Ltd v Celltech Ltd[1982] FSR 92 at 99: The court seeks to uphold the obligation of free contracting parties to a contract of service to honour their contractual obligations. ......